Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Jonathan Edwards Weapon of Prayer Sailboat
Aarons And Ackley* Swanee Song ST
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Three Quarter Promenade Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Ursa Major* Stage Door Queen ST
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Matt* Lucas Herpes Blues Matt Gets Blue
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Good Time Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding We the People
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Jack Holland The Time Or the Place The Eyes of a Dreamer
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine The Letter Fear Itself
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
Buddy Knox I Ain't Sharin' Sharon ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Aarons And Ackley* N.F.S. You And I
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* You Belong to Me You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Oscar* McLollie Love Will Get You ST
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Skareggae
Aarons And Ackley* Sailor Song ST
Ernie* Smith Who I Am To Behold Jah
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Man From Athabaska War War War
Albert Jones* Every Little Thing That I Do The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Priscilla* Rollins Goody Goody Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Jonathan Edwards Evangelina Sailboat
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Twins War War War
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Nelson* Riddle Butchart Gardens British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billie Joe Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Needs It Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Honky Tonk Angel
Buddy Knox Storm Clouds ST (mono)
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Are You Confused Love Serenade
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Zambonis* Live Intro - Hockey Monkey To Bleed Black and Gold
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Unleash the Horses Boys Ukrainian Pops
Matt* Lucas Massage Parlour Blues Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Lover's Lane Ellen McIlwaine
Dils* Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine) Made In Canada
Buddy Knox Rock House ST
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
David Amram Old Man and the Children Summer Nights, Winter Rain
David Amram Greasy Spoon Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Alpha Centauri Earth in Motion ST
Ursa Major* In My Darkest Hour ST
Exponians The Look of Love Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars I Want a Girl Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Cal* Bostic Let It Be Me Introducing...
Zambonis* The Hockey Song Playoff Fever
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Ellen McIlwaine Bow'd Up Fear Itself
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Joe* Glazer We are Building a New Party A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Tony McManus The Maids of Mitchelstown The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Show and Tell Love Serenade
Country Mcdonald Joe* War Widow War War War
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* O Moon Do Not Shine Ukrainian Pops
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Priscilla* Rollins Let the Good Times Roll Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Aarons And Ackley* Truly You And I
David Amram Summer Nights, Winter Rain Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Oscar* McLollie Help Me Make It Through the Night ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Hard Hard Times Shirley Lewis Show Band
Aarons And Ackley* Almost Five O'Clock You And I
Country Mcdonald Joe* The March Of The Dead War War War
Aarons And Ackley* Annalee ST
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
Ellen McIlwaine We Got Each Other Ellen McIlwaine
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Ernie* Smith Take Your Time To Behold Jah
Buddy Knox Rock-a-Billy Walk ST
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Munition Maker War War War
Ernie* Smith Freedom To Behold Jah
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Buddy Knox Rock Around the Clock ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) (There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World Love Serenade

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

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